Improvement in measuring faucets



N-FETERS, PMOYO-LITNOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON, D. C.

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Letters Patent N 106,816, dated August 30, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'MEASURING' FAUCETS. I

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and mal- Ling part ofthe same.

To all whom Iit may cono-miny Be it known that I, FRANCIS C.HE1snn, ofvBrooklyn, iu the county of Kings and State of'New York,

have invented a. new and. improved lvIeasuring-Fau- I cet; and I dohereby d'eclare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the`art to makeand use the saine, reference heilig had to the accoml'ianyiug drawingforming part of' this specification.

Figurel represents a vertical sect-ion of my improved measuring-faucet.Y

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of' the saine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

1 My invention relates to devices for measuringr liquids directly fromthe cask or barrel; and

lt. consists in an improvement in the relative con struction andarrangementof' parts for that purpose.

A in thc drawing represents a portion of the can, cask, or other vessel,to which my improved measuring-faucet is to hc applied.

Upon the bottom of this vessel are placed a suitable number of' vessels,B B, as many as may be required. lhus there may be used for retailingburning-fluid, molasses, Aor other liquid, pint, quart, and grlionmeasures. \Vhere the system of' measures is different, the sizes of theseveral vessel will vary aeco'rdiugly.

Each measure, B, is covered, and has a pipe, a, projecting from its top.

1n this pipe is arrangeda stop-cock, C, which, when opened, allows theliquid from the main cask to enter the measuring-vessel.

The handle B of' the stop-cock projects through the side of' the ease A,and can be turned at will.

A pipe, c, projects from the pipe c up tothe upper part of the case A,and is in line with the orifice of' the stopcoek when the same is openedtolet the air vescape from the measure to' the upper part of the ease.

A faucet, D, in the lower part of the measure, serves to draw ofi theliquid.`

The cock G is first opened to let the liquor flowiuto the vessel B. Whenthe sameis full the cock is closed, and the faucet l) opened to withdrawthe desired quantity of' liquor.

From the pipe a projects a branclrpipe, d, which leads through the sideof the case A into a small hopper, e.

lThrough the pipe d air can enter the measuringvessel while the liquoris heilig withdrawn.

The cock G has au aperture, f, at right angles to its main orifice g.

When the cock is closed. the orifice g is in communication with the piped, and the opening j' with the vessel B, so that air may, from thepipe,euter the l

